perform I from 0 by 1 until I=5?How maney times it will
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perform I from 0 by 1 until I=5?How maney times it will executes..

Answer / varun v

I agree with Answr #3 and Answer # 3 is correct..

PERFORM I FROM 0 BY 1 UNTIL I=5
........................
........................

END-PERFORM.

would give syntax error.
************************************************************
Correct one is given as below...

PERFORM varying i from 0 by 1 until i = 5
.............
.............
END-PERFORM.

and this should get executed 5 times....

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perform I from 0 by 1 until I=5?How maney times it will executes..

Answer / tiny,roshini,divya

Syntax error in inline perform.

PERFORM varying i from 0 by 1 until i = 5
.............
.............
END-PERFORM.
There is no 'varying ' with perform in the question.

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perform I from 0 by 1 until I=5?How maney times it will executes..

Answer / satya

In this PERFORM loop, I is subscript. Minimum value for the
subscript is 1. As the subscript starting value is zero in
this loop, the program will not compile successfully. It
will show compilation error.

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perform I from 0 by 1 until I=5?How maney times it will executes..

Answer / pradeep

IT WILL EXECUTE 5 TIMES

COBOL CODE:
IDENTIFICATION
DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID.
MOVEPGM.
DATA
DIVISION.
WORKING-STORAGE
SECTION.
01 WS-I PIC 9
(2).
PROCEDURE
DIVISION.
A1000-MAIN-
PARA.
PERFORM PARA-X VARYING WS-I FROM 0 BY 1 UNTIL WS-
I=5
STOP
RUN.
PARA-
X.
DISPLAY "TEST2".


OUTPUT:

COMMAND INPUT ===>
********************************* TOP OF DATA ***
TEST2
TEST2
TEST2
TEST2
TEST2
******************************** BOTTOM OF DATA *

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perform I from 0 by 1 until I=5?How maney times it will executes..

Answer / ananta

it will not excute because perform is not start from 0.

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perform I from 0 by 1 until I=5?How maney times it will executes..

Answer / amit tomer

Infinite Times

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perform I from 0 by 1 until I=5?How maney times it will executes..

Answer / guest

it will execute 5 times

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perform I from 0 by 1 until I=5?How maney times it will executes..

Answer / vineet

your syntax is wrong

varun is right here and it will execute 5 times.

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